Better Than Ever!

Someone told us before we got married that a year or two into marriage, we would wake up one day and realize that we didn't love each other like we used to. Now the weirdness of saying that aside, I have to say that I agree. Only for me this has happened regularly in the last six years of marriage. I don't love him like I used to. How could I possibly? So many things that I appreciate  and love about him now, I didn't know then. For example, check out his pancake making skills. :) Of course, Miss Ellie wanted an 'E.'

He said that each rose represented 1.2 years of marriage. :)

He took me country dancing that night. We love doing that! I love that this city boy wears a country shirt for me. We also enjoyed going to Zupas for lunch. So yummy! 

These are obviously fairly silly reasons to love him, but I do cherish them. A lot of the things that make me love him the most right now I didn't know when we were married. For example, John really is an incredible father! I love, LOVE watching him play with our girls. John has proven again and again throughout the last six years that he is a kind, loving, and charitable husband. Every year of being married has been better than the one before, which is really saying something because I thought our first year of marriage was wonderful! So, no, I don't love him the way I used to, I love him more and more everyday. :) Happy six years to us! 

From my journal: We had a fun-filled anniversary with making a yummy breakfast: carrot pancakes cooked into hearts and ‘6’ (John is such a cutie!). We cleaned up our house and put away the Christmas decorations. Then we went to Zupas for lunch. We got a turkey spinach artichoke Panini with tomato basil orzo soup and a berry spinach salad. It was all phenomenal.  After that we came home and shared our presents, which were pretty low key because we are hoping to go on a cruise later this year. John wrote me this beautiful letter that I cried when I read. He is so thoughtful! I shared with him the ‘Moments’ file that I have been collecting for the last year or so of moments in our marriage that have stood out to me. Then we made a yummy dinner and treat and tried to go country dancing, but had to come home early because Miri woke up and would not calm down without being nursed. It was a good thing though because shortly after we made it home, Ellie threw up in her bed. I don’t know if Matt will ever babysit for us again.